The Listeners’ Election

Monday 4 February

This morning: A police officer says he and his colleagues stole the identities of dead children and used fake passports to work undercover, some Conservative back benchers are rebelling against David Cameron over gay marriage, and could a skeleton found under a car park be Richard III?

4 Feb 2013 08:52:55

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Joe
Bensley, a teacher at Kingsford Community
School in Newham, east London, and one of
his students Shannon Wright, discuss whether too few schools are offering
Mandarin at GCSE.

4 Feb 2013 08:51:01

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This morning,
archaeologists from the University of Leicester will reveal the results of DNA
tests on the remains of what they believe to be Richard III. Adam Long, a
founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, reflects on how this news
will affect our understanding of history.

4 Feb 2013 08:36:06

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Sir
Peter Fahy, the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, gives his view on
news that one of Britain's most senior ethnic minority police officers, Dal
Babu, has accused chief constables of not understanding the need to recruit
more black and Asian police men and women.

4 Feb 2013 08:43:18

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Our business correspondent Simon Jack asks: Is the penny a waste of time and money?